Worky
Busy with the usual stuff. Still need to go on a vay-cay, yadda-yadda. I need more sleep.
Sweetness and Light
Watched Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory last Sunday. So weird and funny. I actually watched the original version, Willy Wonka, when I was nine or ten on Beta, but I really can’t remember anything about it. Anyway, Johnny Depp is good, as usual, and the new Oompa Loompas look sinister.
Paneled Pronouncements
After being bombarded with over 200 bought and borrowed 30-peso comic books the past month, I have discovered the following truths:
1. Travis Charest has spawned a multitude of clones despite his absence from mainstream comics for over six years.
2. Jessica Jones of Alias was the telepathic perv Purple Man’s sex slave for eight months.
3. Scott Kurtz’s PVP is almost as hilarious as the similarly nerd-themed Foxtrot newspaper strip.
4. Self-contained short stories in Spider-Man’s Tangled Web, Spider-Man Unlimited, and X-Men Unlimited showcase talented newcomers and established indie creators.
5. Ted McKeever’s Spellcheck character (from Tangled Web), a grammar-obsessed freak, is a hilarious dork.
6. New Thunderbolts’ Radioactive Man is a scary, vindictive bastard.
7. After all these years, Chris Claremont still writes Kitty Pryde well.
8. Wolverine is an active member of three X-Men teams and is a New Avenger.
9. Mutant godling Franklin Richards doesn’t baby-talk anymore.
10. Greg Pak (Warlock), Bill Rosemann (Deadline) and Dan Slott (Spider-Man-Human Torch) deserve more writing jobs.
11. A stripper, Ginger, called Green Arrow’s son Connor Hawke a “friend of Madonna”.
12. Whenever the JLA and JSA celebrate Thanksgiving together, a pair of idiot villains will get their asses kicked.
13. Pregnant Sue Dibny and Blue Beetle were alive and kicking in the recent JLA Classified arc.
14. Some comic books are so forgettable, they’re not worth shelling out 30 pesos for.
15. Some comic books are just damn good, they make you feel like an excited kid again.
8 comments:
"Jessica Jones of Alias was the telepathic perv Purple Man’s sex slave for eight months." ahhhh... so that's why Luke Cage was beating the crap out of Purple Man in NEW AVENGERS.
So, would you advise getting the ALIAS tpb?
Yeah, that's why. Purple Man deserved the pounding.
I was able to read three issues. I wanna read the tpb's actually, since I enjoyed Bendis' consistently crazy stuff there that I'm not seeing in New Avengers yet. He even found a way to tie in Jessica's origin to Spidey's, and it was funny. :)
Hi Oliver - Gerry Alanguilan, Carlo Pagulayan and a few other talented creators dropped by DRUID'S KEEP yesterday and I wondered - where's Oliver? :)
I wish I saw Dicky's spawn McPiglet! A few of us were having merienda when Dicky had that sketch - hope to see it next time!
The guys will be dropping by again daw sa Saturday if their schedules permit - daan ka! :)
Hey Gumby!
Was busy last Tuesday and yesterday. Will drop by when my sked clears up. Text you when that happens. :) Have yet to see the latest McPiglet sketches. Almost everyone's drawn a version already at this point. :)
what is JSA?
Justice Society of America. They were originally World War II heroes. The team was revived a few years ago, now made up of some of the aging founders and several new members who took over the superhero identities of old members.
Oliver how are you? Congrats Im so glad about your career in comics also with John T. If you have time just e-mail me. Si Jayson ito from NC.
Jayson!
I'm well. Sorry di ako naka-reply sa email mo. Cute ng baby mo ha. :) Email kita.
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